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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis smiles at photographers before he testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget for the 2018 budget year, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sets his briefcase down before he testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget for the 2018 budget year, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis carries a binder before he testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget for the 2018 budget year on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Edward Tabet-Cubero, executive director of the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, outlines accusations that the state of New Mexico has failed to provide essential educational opportunities to all students, outside a state district courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, June 12, 2017. Parents, school districts and advocacy groups allege that New Mexico's education system isn't meeting its responsibilities for Native American students, low-income students and those learning English as a second language. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin takes his seat to testify at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, after signing legislation designed to reduce long-term public pension costs during a ceremony in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, June 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on at right is House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signs legislation designed to reduce long-term public pension costs during a signing ceremony in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, June 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on are Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, left, and House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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FILE - This Wednesday, March 1, 2017, file photo shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber must get rid of leaders who tolerate bad behavior and hire people who don’t, including up to the chief executive, experts say, as the ride-hailing company gets ready to announce significant changes to its culture and management. Uber’s board has adopted the recommendations of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who investigated its toxic culture of harassment and bullying. Those will be revealed to employees and made public on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Uber must get rid of leaders who tolerate bad behavior and hire people who don’t, including up to the chief executive, experts say, as the ride-hailing company gets ready to announce significant changes to its culture and management. Uber’s board has adopted the recommendations of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who investigated its toxic culture of harassment and bullying. Those will be revealed to employees and made public on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Andrea Constand, left, leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trail at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Camille Cosby, left, Bill Cosby's wife, leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Gianna Constand, left, and her daughter Andrea Constand, right, walk toward the courtroom inside the Montgomery County Courthouse during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, left asks questions about the state operating budget as Rep. Steve Pylant, R-Winnsboro, listens in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Rallo, right, and other public college system leaders listen to the budget debate in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Jimmy Greene, left, kisses his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene while holding a portrait of their daughter, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Ana Marquez-Greene, at a news conference at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn. Ana Marquez-Greene was one of 26 people killed in a shooting massacre at the school on Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Nelba Marquez-Greene is among the families of some shooting victims angered by a planned NBC television interview by Megyn Kelly scheduled to air Sunday, June 18, 2017, with Alex Jones, who has claimed the 2012 massacre never happened. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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Donald T. Sterling was the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers from 1981 to 2014. In April 2014, Sterling was banned from the NBA for life and fined $2.5 million by the league after private recordings of him making racist comments were made public. In May, Sterling's wife Shelly reached an agreement for the Sterling Family Trust to sell the Clippers for $2 billion to Steve Ballmer, which Sterling contested in court. The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Clippers to Ballmer on August 12, 2014. Sterling settled his lawsuit against the NBA in November 2016
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The lower stream of income to the U.S. Treasury is one reason administration officials say the government will run out of room under the federal debt ceiling earlier than expected. (Associated Press/File)
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Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof, center, joins Republican leaders to introduce Senate budget changes Monday, June 12, 2017, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Senate Republicans in Ohio said Monday that they’ve been able to close a projected $1 billion state budget gap while preserving essential services and pumping more money into fighting the opiate crisis. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)
